~Suspended~

 White daisies

Nestled in jade leaves

The big kind

With upturned faces

To the moon 

Water from the midnight sprinklers

Hanging in the air

Nothing moving

Suspended velvet night

I came out

At the exact rights

t time

To see the moon

Dark and crescent

Clear and overbright

The shining kind

That glows from the inside

Serial and shaded

Both the flowers and the moon

Buttered white

A ghost swaying\

Can’t look away

From this thoughtful emptiness

Of it all

Trying hard

To smooth out

The wrinkles of the 

Unfolding days 

No progression

But then again,no worrying in the moment

That lingers here

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Vagabond~

Pass me

Hints of truth

Under mirrored sunsets

The ticking of the clock

Dripping water

Silence

Gets to be a lot

Deafening within walls

I wonder

Who painted the birds

To calm the storms

On the paths

We wa;k on

A different

Kind of fine

A different

Kind of mess

Where there’s comfort

In the chaos

My soul

Is fluttering in and out

It’s not the mountain

We conquer

But ourself

Direction is relative

Wherever you are

Go there

Too much to be contained

Life is meant to be a vagabond

                                               ~Sarah Mahina Calvello

   

~Sunset~

For Michael Calvello

Mine is the army

Of angels

Night brings

Out troubles to the night

Hanging on

The smoky edges

Of dreams

To reveal

Who we really are

Hazy silvers

Dust the night

Starts with a shimmer

Ends with a glow

It’s so hard

To forget pain

But even harder

To remember sweetness

Velvet trees and silhouettes

Murmur un the distance

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Solace~

 Alright,

You got me

Biscuits  in the oven

The coffee's on

Mind is dizzy

Can’t sleep anymore

Only crickets at this time

Holding on

Can’t allow

Myself to be bright down

Even though it keeps coming at you

Like waves 

On a beach

An interesting new wrinkle

To navigate around

Falling where others 

Have failed to trip

Learning

So much more

Everything changes

The wounds 

Just covered up

I have forgotten

How sweet the air

Can be

If some things

Are left 

Unsaid

Finding solace

In the fog

I shall face 

Every feeling

Every word

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Australian Sunset~

 I woke up

From insomnia

Too quickly

To see a picture

Of an Australian sunset

The clouds

Were ribbons of rolling 

Caramel falling

Down to a street

Of mirrored butter

And palm trees along the road

It calmed me right away

Diatribes of clouded skies

Like my too awake thoughts 

A beautiful early morning wrinkle

To be followed 

By fresh coffee

And a secret smile

In the cerulean sky

This is my reason

To start my chapter new

Sweet and surrendering

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Inverted~

 The curtains 

Blowing in the breeze

That you’re missing

Weightless and floating

The world

Has somehow shifted

In this dream

Blinking in the starlight

all that time  

Warm and real

The space between

Is my chance to dream freely

From any chains

To break free from

Leaving tears behind

Hint of a smile

the way you say goodbye

You inverted my mind

Now my thoughts are too loud

Dizzying and colorful

Among this sea

Of faces

No regret

In the rain

Second chance

To fix brokenness

Forget the shambles

I feel like

I can wake up

And face the day

~Sarah Mahina Calvello